In The Service -- Published Dec. 9, 2012

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Dec 9, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Val Tapia of Stockton, an Army fire support specialist E-4 with the Infantry 4th Brigade Second Division, returned home from Iraq in November. Tapia, who has served four years in the Army, was a forward observer. He is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Tapia is a 2003 graduate of Lincoln High School and graduated from the University of California, Davis, in 2006. He is the son of Jesus and Miriam Tapia of Stockton and brother of Pierre Tapia of San Francisco and Carlo Tapia, who is attending UC Berkeley.

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